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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

335 PM CDT MON AUG 5 2002



THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING 

COUNTIES...



   IN SOUTHERN ALABAMA...



      ESCAMBIA...COVINGTON...CONECUH...MONROE...BALDWIN AND          

      MOBILE. 



   IN THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...



      OKALOOSA...ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES.



THE BAND OF HEAVIER RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH WEAKENING TROPICAL 

DEPRESSION BERTHA HAS DIMINISHED OVER THE REGION THIS 

AFTERNOON...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS NOTED 

OVER SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.  THE REMNANTS OF 

TROPICAL DEPRESSION BERTHA CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY WESTWARD ACROSS 

SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.  AS THE CENTER OF CIRCULATION MOVES FURTHER 

TO THE WEST...THE PERSISTENT HEAVY RAINS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS 

SYSTEM ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FURTHER WEST AS WELL.



ADDITIONAL SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER 

SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA TONIGHT...HOWEVER THEY ARE 

NOT EXPECTED TO BE WIDESPREAD OR PERSISTENT ENOUGH TO PRODUCE 

SIGNIFICANT FLOODING.  

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